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Phantasmagoria cover art

Phantasmagoria

Sierra · Activision · 2016-08-29

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Aug 24, 1995 (DOS), 1995 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 1995 (Mac), Aug 08, 1997 (Sega Saturn)

Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.

Phantasmagoria is a 2016 Adventure game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 544 reviews).

1
playing now
87%
positive of 544 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3,306
twitch viewers (latest)
3306.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Phantasmagoria is a point-and-click adventure horror video game designed by Roberta Williams for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows and released by Sierra On-Line on August 24, 1995. It tells the story of Adrienne Delaney, a writer who moves into a remote mansion and finds herself terrorized by supernatural forces. It was made at the peak of popularity for interactive movie games and features live-action actors and footage, both during cinematic scenes and within the three-dimensionally rendered environments of the game itself. It was noted for its violence and sexual content.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 544 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2015-06-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 37 of 69 observed days · $7.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
151Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 51Dec 2016 — avg 4 · peak 22Mar 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Sep 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 7Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2025 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 5Jul 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-10-06 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-09 — best price $9.992018-10-29 — best price $6.492019-01-30 — best price $3.992019-05-30 — best price $6.492019-11-26 — best price $6.492020-02-26 — best price $6.492020-05-27 — best price $6.492020-11-02 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $6.492022-02-14 — best price $6.492022-06-28 — best price $9.992022-10-10 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-18 — best price $6.492023-09-04 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-04-18 — best price $6.492024-09-24 — best price $9.992025-01-03 — best price $9.992025-04-14 — best price $6.492025-09-25 — best price $6.492026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.492026-09-07 — best price $6.492026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-10-01 — best price $6.492026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9131582026-05-31 — 266 pageviews2026-06-04 — 200 pageviews2026-06-08 — 221 pageviews2026-06-12 — 205 pageviews2026-06-16 — 186 pageviews2026-06-20 — 181 pageviews2026-06-24 — 198 pageviews2026-06-28 — 913 pageviews2026-07-02 — 216 pageviews2026-07-06 — 203 pageviews2026-07-10 — 199 pageviews2026-07-14 — 178 pageviews2026-07-18 — 278 pageviews2026-07-22 — 197 pageviews2026-07-26 — 194 pageviews2026-07-30 — 215 pageviews2026-08-03 — 273 pageviews2026-08-07 — 201 pageviews2026-08-11 — 291 pageviews2026-08-15 — 185 pageviews2026-08-19 — 227 pageviews2026-08-23 — 208 pageviews2026-08-27 — 204 pageviews2026-08-31 — 216 pageviews2026-09-04 — 215 pageviews2026-09-08 — 208 pageviews2026-09-12 — 204 pageviews2026-09-16 — 187 pageviews2026-09-20 — 189 pageviews2026-09-24 — 233 pageviews2026-09-28 — 222 pageviews2026-10-02 — 221 pageviews2026-10-06 — 196 pageviews2026-10-10 — 209 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

FMVGoreRetro1990'sHorrorClassicMysteryAdventureCult ClassicSingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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